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Ancient Mesopotamia
The cradle of civilization
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Last updated: February 28, 2022
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1. What does the word Mesopotamia mean?
The land between valleys
The land between seas
The land between rivers
The land between mountains
2. In what current country is most of Ancient Mesopotamia located?
Pakistan
Turkey
Iraq
Iran
3. Who were the first humans to form a civilization?
Assyrians
Babylonians
Persians
Sumerians
4. Who was Hammurabi?
King of Babylon
King of Egypt
King of Assyria
King of Sumer
5. What was Hammurabi known for?
Long beard
Code of law
Inventing the wheel
Multiple wives
6. Which empire developed the first form of writing by using pictures for words and inscribing them on clay tablets?
Akkadians
Babylonians
Assyrians
Sumerians
7. What was the capital and largest city of the Neo-Assyrian Empire, as well as the largest city in the world for several decades?
Nippur
Assur
Kish
Nineveh
8. What ruler invaded the land and conquered the Persian Empire in 333 BC?
Cleopatra VII
Sargon the Great
Julius Caesar
Alexander the Great
9. Who besieged Jerusalem in 568 BC, captured a large number of Judeans and took them to Babylon where they became slaves?
Cyrus the Great
Xerxes I
Darius I
Nebuchadnezzar II
10. What was the deciding battle during the first invasion of Greece by the Persians?
Battle of Marathon
Battle of Thermopylae
Battle of Salamis
Battle of Athens
11. What was a ziggurat in Ancient Mesopotamia?
Large theatre
Type of vehicle
Temple to the local god
Siege weapon
12. What ancient wonder of the world had its home in Babylon?
Statue of Zeus
Colossus
Hanging Gardens
Temple of Artemis
13. What city was the center of the Sumerian civilization?
Babylon
Uruk
Akkad
Persepolis
14. Ancient Mesopotamia was famously located by which two rivers?
Tigris and Euphrates
Nile and Indus
Euphrates and Nile
Indus and Tigris
15. Under which ruler, the Persians conquered Babylon and much of Mesopotamia?
Darius I
Xerxes I
Ramses II
Cyrus the Great
16. In Sumerian literature what was Gilgamesh searching for?
Eternal life
Meaning of life
Love
Wealth
17. What is Gilgamesh according to mythology?
Lion
Dragon
Devil
Demigod
18. What is the name of the wild man that the gods sent to challenge Gilgamesh, but eventually they became best friends?
Humbaba
Utnapishtim
Enkidu
Bull of Heaven
19. The Persian wars were a series of wars fought between the Persians and which empire?
Babylonian
Greek
Sumerian
Roman
20. Where was the battle where 300 Spartans hold off the entire Persian army?
Pydna
Marathon
Thermopylae
Grancius
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5 Comments
Crem
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Feb 5, 2021
Fun quiz!
Nenadbs
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Level 54
Feb 27, 2021
Thanks :)
Alexquiz17
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Level 95
May 10, 2021
Yes, good quiz, ancient history rocks!
Nenadbs
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Level 54
May 11, 2021
Thanks :)
ItzIngenious
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Level 66
Feb 2, 2023
Cool, but once you get to the Persian wars, Mesopotamian culture was already vanishing.
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